Clidemia

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Clidemia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Clidemia (old Greek name). Melastomaceae. About 100 Trop. American species of horticulturally rather unimportant plants in a family famous for its foliage plants. Lys. broad, entire. 5-7-nerved, opposite, petioled: fls. in panicles or axillary clusters, white, pink, or purple; petals 5 or 6; stamens 10 or 12: branching shrubs, mostly hairy. C. vittata, Lind. & Andre, has large, oval, pointed Lvs. with 5 strong nerves, and a narrow band of white down each side of the midrib. I.E. 22:219. R.H. 1876, p. 233. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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